SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In the first quarter of 2025, foreign investors significantly increased their holdings in South Korean semiconductor and defense stocks, led by SK Hynix, while retreating from shipbuilding and automotive shares, according to data from the Korea Exchange. From January to March 28, foreign investors were net sellers of 4.73 trillion [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Retail investors from South Korea, who tend to seek high returns by tolerating high volatility, have sold off shares of NASDAQ-listed tech companies, data showed Sunday. Domestic investors purchased smartphone behemoth Apple Inc.’s shares worth US$582.1 million during the period from January 1 to April 7, according to data [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial regulator said Wednesday it plans to introduce a mandatory takeover bid rule aimed at protecting retail investors in case of a corporate merger and acquisition (M&A). The rule obligates a takeover bidder to buy shares of its targeted business in the stock market, giving a chance [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Korean retail investors are buying Japanese stocks, which are showing stable movement on the back of the recent plunge in the yen’s value. According to the Korea Securities Depository, domestic investors net purchased US$9.46 million worth of Japanese shares during the period from August [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors’ bond purchases have surged this year as they seek safe-haven assets amid rising interest rates and a bearish stock market, data showed Wednesday. Local individual investors had bought a net 10.2 trillion won (US$7.6 billion) worth of bonds over the counter this year as of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have sold shares in electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc., while making large purchases of shares in the China-based Tianqi Lithium Corp. over the past month, data showed Monday. Local individual investors net sold US$319.9 million worth of Tesla shares during the period from July 12 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Retail investors who bought shares of foreign luxury brands such as Hermes, Louis Vuitton and Gucci enjoyed higher returns this year. According to data from the Korea Securities Depository, the most net-bought stock by domestic individual investors among those listed on the French stock market was Hermes International SCA. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have been snapping up shares of electric vehicle-themed exchange traded fund (ETF) while dumping shares of Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., data showed Sunday. The most-sold stocks by retail investors during the five weeks from Nov. 1 to Dec. 3 were the two [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of overseas stock accounts held by South Korean retail investors jumped 74 percent in the first half of the year from six months earlier amid their brisk investment in foreign shares, data showed Wednesday. Local individual investors held about 3.31 million overseas stock accounts as of end-June, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting from next year, retail investors will be able to buy blue-chip stocks costing tens of thousands of won per share in decimal points not only from foreign stock exchanges but also at domestic ones. The Financial Services Commission (FSC), the nation’s top financial regulator, announced that it had [...]